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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Jeremiah Wadsworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03658 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 September 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 32 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Requests money to pay the firm of Samuel Ward & Brothers. Notes that the sum can be charged to his account. Includes a note from the firm to pay Mrs. Catharine Greene, the widow of General Nathanael Greene. Page two contains a 15 September 1787 note signed by Phineas Miller, noting that the sum was received for Mrs. Greene.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Samuel Ward & Brothers, fl. 1787
Greene, Catharine Littlefield, 1755-1814

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